It's that time of year -- Nightingale season -- when the Colorado Nurses Foundation and regional AHECs and independent committees celebrate great nurses from around the state.

This year, the number of regional finalists, called Luminaries, is 57 out of a maximum of 60. They'll come to the Grand Hyatt Denver on May 13 to be feted, and 12 of them will be chosen for the Colorado Nightingale Award, Colorado nursing's highest honor.